True crime stories & great mysteries
Mystery & True Crime Stories is a website about the most puzzling mysteries of the past, as well as controversial theories. Here you'll find the most puzzling crime mysteries, the greatest mysteries of history, some of the interesting controversial theories and unexplained phenomena. Of course, some of them might be hoaxes, some of them might have a trivial explanation, but it is always a fun to stumble upon a puzzle or mystery that still needs to be solved.
True crime stories
Black Dahlia Murder
The famous and still unsolved murder that took place in California - a young woman, aspiring to be an actress, was found dead on the empty lot in Los Angeles.
Death of Isidor Fink
Isidor Fink was one of the many immigrants from Poland that came to America at the beginning of the 20th century, searching for a better life. His dreams, just like many others, were never fulfilled...
Kidnapping of Lindbergh baby
The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, son of famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh, was one of the first big trials that gathered massive media coverage. The 20-months-old...
Great mysteries
Glenn Miller disappearance
Glenn Miller was one of the most recognizable band leaders in the swing era, his music is still admired today. At the peak of his career, he decided to join the World War 2 effort and...
Easter Island
Rapa Nui, the Easter Island, still hides many mysteries - from the origins of its inhabitants to rongorongo script and famous moai statues.
SS Ourang Medan
Two American ships while crossing the Strait of Malacca, near Indonesia, received a distress call from SS Ourang Medan. The rescue party that boarded the ship found all the crew dead...
Amityville horror house
An average house at the end of the road in Amityville proved to be a crime scene, where the whole DeFeo family was killed. Years later, the new inhabitants of the house had to ask for...
Controversial theories
Smolensk air crash
During a trip to annual ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Katyn Massacre (when during the World War II over 20,000 Polish officers, previously kept captive, were killed by NKVD...
Pearl Harbor attack
The Attack on Pearl Harbor dragged the United States into the World War 2. It was the last straw that left Americans no choice but to join the Allies and declare war on Japan. At least...
9/11 attacks
Two planes full of passengers hit the twin towers of World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, starting one of the most mysterious conspiracy theories in history. At 8:46 AM, five...
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
On September 1, 1983 Boeing 747 suddenly flew into Soviet Union airspace over Kamtchatka Peninsula. It was Korean Air Lines Flight 007 and soon Soviet fighters were sent to intercept the intruder...
Unexplained phenomena
Ghost stories
Ghost stories are part of human culture - even in the Dark Ages, our predecessors believed that we’re not actually dying when our body dies. The spirit, the soul or some other form...
Amityville horror house
An average house at the end of the road in Amityville proved to be a crime scene, where the whole DeFeo family was killed. Years later, the new inhabitants of the house had to ask for...
Beast of Gevaudan
Wolf-like creature (or creatures) that terrorized the French province of Gevaudan in the 18th century. Over 100 people were killed by the Beast of Gevaudan, but still, we have no idea...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov Pass incident involves the mysterious deaths of 9 tourists in the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened at night and there were no...
Crime and mystery movies
The Orphanage 2007
Laura returns to a place, where she spent her childhood - an old orphanage near the ocean. During a kid’s party, her adopted son suddenly disappears after telling her about the imaginary friend.
Fear of Water 2011
Small town policeman gets his first ever murder case - the 18-year-old daughter of the mayor has been raped and killed.
The Ipcress File 1965
Agent Harry Palmer is assigned to a new unit which is trying to find a kidnapped British scientist. But in the world of counter-espionage nothing is simple.
Ghost Ship 2002
Boat salvage crew finds an abandoned ship that would make them rich, but the ship is not as abandoned as it seems.